The journal
Open the journal →The conversation starts in the journal — be the first to post.
About John Brown
John Brown was a Scottish-Danish merchant and ship-owner. He was a joint founder of John & David Brown in 1759. The company owned 17 ships in 1787 but was liquidated the following year. He was also active in the Danish Asiatic Company where he was a member of the board of directors from 1770–75 and from 1779–85. He was appointed as General War Commissioner in 1776. He was the second-largest landowner in Gentofte and owned Benzonseje from 1784 to 1788.
Everything about John Brown →- Occupation
- grocer, ship-owner, large estate owner
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Born
- March 3, 1723
- Died
- January 16, 1808, January 16, 1803